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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Malden and Coombe 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]
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CASE RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION FOR CERTAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
| England & Wales. | Borough of Maiden & Coombe. | |
|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever | 1.89 | 0.65 |
| Diphtheria | 0.46 | 0.26 |
| Typhoid fever | 0.01 | Nil |
| Paratyphoid fever | Nil | |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Measles | 11.67 | 15.43 |
| Whooping cough | 1.64 | |
| † Puerperal pyrexia | 9.93 |
†per 1,000 total births (i.e., live and stillbirths).
TUBERCULOSIS.
| Age Periods | NEW CASES | DEATHS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | |||||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | ||
| 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| — | — | 1 | — | |||||
| — | — | — | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1 | — | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | |
| 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| 8 | ||||||||
The fall in the number of new cases of tuberculosis experienced
in 1944 was not maintained, and the notifications approximated
to the 1943 level. These are, however, still well below
the figures for the early war years. With improvements in early
diagnosis it is not expected that in the near future notification
rates are likely to fall quickly.
The following table shows the variations of tuberculosis (all
forms) from the years immediately preceding the war to the
present year